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THE NEW YORKER, FEBRUARY 25, 2013
ON THE HORIZON
MOVIES
THE WILD EAST
Feb. 27-March 10
The Japanese movie studio
Shintoho, which was
founded in 1947, specialized
in lurid genre productions---
the kind of films that more
venerable firms wouldn t
touch. Japan Society
presents a selection of
Shintoho films from the
fifties and sixties, including
"Ghost Story of Yotsuya," a
horror adaptation of
"Macbeth" directed by
Nobuo Nakagawa, and
"The Horizon Glitters,"
an anarchic black comedy
about a jail break directed
by Michiyoshi Doi.
(212-832-1155.)
THE THEATRE
HARD NEWS
March 1
Tom Hanks makes his
Broadway début as the
newspaper columnist
Mike McAlary in "Lucky
Guy," by Nora Ephron.
George C. Wolfe directs
a cast that also includes
Maura Tierney and
Courtney B. Vance,
at the Broadhurst.
(212-239-6200.)
CLASSICAL MUSIC
BACH TIME
March 6-9
As the calendar cycles
toward Easter, the New
York Philharmonic offers
"The Bach Variations," a
series of concerts (through
April 6) juxtaposing works
by the Leipzig master with
Romantic composers. The
first program, conducted
by the renowned Baroque
expert Masaaki Suzuki,
features the settings of the
"Magnificat" by Bach and
by his ardent disciple
Mendelssohn. (nyphil.org.)
ART
SHADOW MAN
March 6-Aug. 12
The images of the German-
British photographer Bill
Brandt (1904-83) range
from stark scenes of London
during the blitz to
modernist nudes. What
unites his eclectic oeuvre is
a distinctively high-contrast
style. MOMA surveys
his career in "Bill Brandt:
Shadows and Light."
(212-708-9400.)
NIGHT LIFE
SUCH A NIGHT
March 16
The New Orleans legends
Dr. John and Allen
Toussaint, who first worked
together in 1973 on Dr.
John s album "In the Right
Place," share a rare double
bill at Town Hall.
(TicketMaster.com.)
The films of the Japanese
studio Shintoho, at
Japan Society.
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GOINGS ON DIGITAL
Download the Goings On app for Apple and An-
droid, visit our blog (newyorker.com/go/goingson),
and follow us on Twitter (@tnygoingson).
rary German-language writers---Clemens Setz
(Austria), Cornelia Travnicek (Austria), Leif Randt
(Germany), Silke Scheuermann (Germany), Tim
Krohn (Switzerland), and Ulrike Ulrich (Switzer-
land)---as well as the writers Justin Taylor and
Joshua Ferris, who will appear in conversation
with them. (For more information, visit festival-
neueliteratur.org.)
AUCTIONS AND ANTIQUES
In an unusual multiyear collaboration, Christie's is
selling off the Warhol Foundation s entire cache of
Warholiana, from black-and-white Polaroids to silk
screens, all to feed the foundation s endowment.
On Feb. 26, the house introduces the rst of its
online all-Warhol sales, part of a push to dominate
the new market of art auctions on the Internet. For
a week, collectors will be able to make bids via the
company Web site on more than a hundred lots,
encompassing everything from a T-shirt emblazoned
with Warhol s blank mien ("Self-Portrait with a
Fright Wig") to a lithograph of Marilyn Monroe s
luscious lips in blue, yellow, and red ("I Love Your
Kiss Forever Forever"). (christies.com.) Second
World War history buffs will have their day at Bon-
hams on Feb. 22, when the house offers a sale of
memorabilia from the Paci c Theatre. In addition
to miscellaneous ship models, a lithograph of the
ve Sullivan Brothers, and fruit bowls from the
doomed U.S.S. Arizona, there s a full Navy uniform
circa 1944, complete with Purple Heart. (580 Mad-
ison Ave. 212-644-9001.)
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ABOVE AND BEYOND
FESTIVAL NEUE LITERATUR
Founded in 2010, the city s only annual German-
language literary festival that is held in English
returns Feb. 22-24, with events in Brooklyn and
Manhattan. This year s gathering is curated by
the translator Susan Bernofsky and the journalist
Claudia Steinberg, and it features six contempo-
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READINGS AND TALKS
"BLESSING THE BOATS: A TRIBUTE
TO LUCILLE CLIFTON"
The poets Sherman Alexie, Tina Chang, Toi Der-
ricotte, Michael Dickman, Timothy Donnelly, Cor-
nelius Eady, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Nick Flynn, Ra-
chel Eliza Grif ths, Marie Howe, Dante Micheaux,
Sharon Olds, and Tracy K. Smith honor the great
poet, who died three years ago. Michael S. Glaser,
a co-editor of "The Collected Poems of Lucille Clif-
ton 1965-2010," will be on hand, and the mezzo-
soprano Alicia Hall Moran will perform as well.
The evening is organized by the Poetry Society of
America and Cave Canem Foundation. (Proshan-
sky Auditorium, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth
Ave., at 34th St. For more information, visit poet-
rysociety.org or cavecanempoets.org. Feb. 21 at 7.)
ARS NOVA
On the eve of the Oscars, Rachel Shukert and Mi-
chael Schulman (who is on the staff of this magazine)
present "You Like Me: An Evening of Classic Accep-
tance Speeches," featuring actors, writers, and down-
town personalities re-creating famous award-show
speeches. Participants include the actress Jackie Hoff-
man, the author Mike Albo, and the Village Voice
columnist Michael Musto. Directed by Peter James
Cook. (511 W. 54th St. 212-352-3101. Feb. 23 at 8.)
CORNER BOOKSTORE
Cynthia Zarin reads from her memoir, "An En-
larged Heart." (Madison Ave. at 93rd St. 212-
831-3554. Feb. 25 at 6.)
MACAULAY HONORS COLLEGE
Benjamin Nugent, the author of "American Nerd:
The Story of My People," reads from his début
novel, "Good Kids." (35 W. 67th St. 212-729-
2929. Feb. 25 at 7.)
"LIVE FROM THE NYPL"
The short-story writer George Saunders talks
about his work with the talk-show host Dick Cav-
ett. (New York Public Library, Fifth Ave. at 42nd
St. For more information, visit nypl.org/events/
live-nypl. Feb. 26 at 7.)
Martin, Travis Wilkerson, and Soon-Mi Yoo).
Feb. 23 at 7:30 and Feb. 24 at 5:30: "Documen-
tarian" (2012, Ivars Zviedris and Inese Klava; in
Latvian). Feb. 23 at 8 and Feb. 25 at 4:30:
"The Machine Which Makes Everything Disap-
pear" (2012, Tinatin Gurchiani; in Georgian).
MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE
35th Ave. at 36th St., Astoria (718-784-0077)---
"Curator s Choice: The Best of 2012." Feb. 22 at 7:
"In Another Country" (†). "L.A. Rebellion: Creat-
ing a New Black Cinema." Feb. 23 at 3: "Emma Mae
(a.k.a. Black Sister s Revenge)" (1976, Jamaa Fa-
naka). Feb. 23 at 6: "My Brother s Wedding"
(1983/2007, Charles Burnett). Feb. 24 at 3: "Com-
pensation" (1999, Zeinabu Irene Davis). Feb. 24 at
6: "Bless Their Little Hearts" (1984, Billy Woodberry).
92Y TRIBECA
200 Hudson St., at Canal St. (212-601-1000)---
"Overdue." Feb. 23 at 7: "The Night of the Follow-
ing Day" (1968, Hubert Corn eld).
JASHAR AWAN